 | ||||
hey. Life is good. There never seems to be enough time to do everything that needs to be done, but somehow everything always works out. last week President Turk told me something (I might have told you) that literally changed my perspective on life completely. Well, it's a process, but it impacted me alot. I told him that I was a little bit troubled because as a missionary I frequently don't meet the goals that I put. And what's the point of having a goal if you don't meet it? He said, ''Don't worry, Sister Jackson, the pattern is the prize.'' He explained that the very act of putting goals and working towards them is really, in and of itself, the goal. It is what helps us to progress. Although we might never meet our goals, we will have come much further than we would have if we had never put them, and we will be better prepared to set goals and make plans for our future. The ultimate goal of the gospel is to make us perfect, but in this life, the Lord wants us to follow that upward spiral of learning that comes from obeying, repenting, and learning bit by bit. THAT is our goal. Cool, huh? It really kills that whole perfectionism thing.
I love you and I pray for you! hope that everything is well with you!
Love,
Hermana Jackson
